A former employer of mine did some significant work in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (doing clean-up of the old nuclear facilities there), and we actually had a data center there, so I’ve visited the town a half-dozen times. It’s a pleasant little place, even if the sidewalk rolls up at night.
Here’s a bit of history around the founding of the city, and how they housed all those Manhattan Project people.
How the Manhattan Project’s Nuclear Suburb Stayed Secret – Atlas Obscura
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, once home to 75,000, went up fast and under the radar. But it was built to last, too.
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As featured in one of the Hulk films I think.
It was kinda weird reading a book about development of atomic weapons and seeing stuff about people interviewing operation paperclip scientists in the 1990's, who were still living in retirement in Oak Ridge.